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Parts · Cabin, seats and restraints

Flasher

3 failure reports named the flasher in the last ten years, 12 since 2002, most often on the Airbus A321; the condition most often found was "broken". 12 FAA approvals let 10 companies make a replacement flasher, Pacific Scientific, Oeco holding the most (2).

Reports by year

0122312002123212016112026
Reports by year, as a table
reports
20021
20081
20102
20123
20152
20161
20211
20261

Which system the reports file it under last ten years

Reports by system, as a table
reports
Cabin, seats and restraints2
Airframe structure1

Models most often reporting it last ten years

Models most reported, as a table
reports
Airbus A3212
Boeing 7571

How it failed the condition found, last ten years

broken1no test1too large1
Conditions found, as a table
reports
broken1
no test1
too large1

Approved replacement parts 12 parts manufacturer approvals

A parts manufacturer approval (PMA) lets a company other than the aircraft's maker make a flasher and sell it as an approved part for the models named. These are the companies holding such approvals for a flasher:

For these models most: Boeing 747 (3), Piper PA-46 Malibu, Mirage, Matrix and M-Class (2), Raytheon Corporate Jets Inc BAE 125 (1), Cessna T182 Turbo Skylane (1), Cessna 182 Skylane (1), Cessna 172 Skyhawk (1), Boeing 727 (1), Boeing 707 (1).

MakerPartReplacesFitsGrantedStatus
Whelen Engineering CO INCFlasher Assembly 01-0771985-17Whelen P/N 01-0770006-17Textron Aviation Inc. 172R, 172S, 182S2020-03-23current
Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing INCFlasher 85 +/- 10FPM 2201-12201-1Boeing B7472015-04-13current
Ahlers Aerospace INCFlasher 815-40005PS50203-5Piper Aircraft PA-46-500TP2015-03-16current
Ahlers Aerospace INCFlasher 815-40005PS50203-5Piper Aircraft PA-46-500TP2015-02-09current
Pacific Scientific, OecoFlasher 2008620086The Boeing Company 727-2002011-04-19current
Pacific Scientific, OecoFlasher 2010220102The Boeing Company 7472011-04-19current
Aviation Partners INCFLASHER ASSY 01-0771030-00Modification PartRaytheon BAe 125 Series 800, 800A/B, 800XP2007-08-01current
Honeywell International US LLCFlasher 965-9019-002965-9019-002Boeing 707, 7202001-06-24current
General Dynamics Electronic SystemsFlasher 426-1673476-101Lockheed L1011-385-1 (-1), L1011-385-1-14...2001-03-27current
Oeco LLCFlasher 20102Boeing 20102Boeing 7471999-08-03current
Korry Electronics COFlasher 480-0992-001Boeing 480-0992-001Boeing 747-200, -3001995-08-15current
Pacific Electro DynamicsFlasher 426-1Lockheed 673476-101Lockheed L-1011-385-1(-1), L-1011-385-1-14...1991-09-23current

Sources: the FAA's service difficulty reports since 1995 (a report is a part that failed and was fixed, as filed by an airline, repair station or owner; the count shows reporting as much as reliability) and the parts manufacturer approvals in the FAA's Dynamic Regulatory System. The part name is the reporters' and the approval holders' own words, reduced to the first plain words so that spellings meet.